More Manufacturers Labeling Nonfood Items as 'Gluten-Free'

Celiac.com 06/22/2012 - More and more, manufacturers are putting gluten-free labels on nonfood items such as vitamins and creams, lotions and other products absorbed by the skin.

Recently, there's been a an increase of nearly 50% in body care products labeled "gluten-free" and certified as gluten-free, according to Cynthia Kupper, executive director of the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America.

Kupper was a featured speaker at “The Gluten Free Movement Within Specialty Foods" webinar hosted by The National Association of Specialty Food Trade.

Many people who are gluten-sensitive suffer adverse reactions when using products that contain wheat and gluten. “If I were to wash my hands in wheat germ oil, they’d turn red and get itchy and blotchy,” says C.A. Diltz, who heads up gluten-free programs at Dorothy Lane Market here and is gluten sensitive herself.

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3 Responses:

Yay! Let's hope similar moves will make it to Australia soon. People told me I was being over-dramatic when I went looking for gluten-free skin and hair products, and I was told by one person that if I needed to take pharmaceuticals for any reason then I would just have to 'get over' being gluten-free! Like having coeliac disease was a choice.

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